{"product_id":"the-collector-of-lives-9780393356366","title":"The Collector of Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA narrative of intrigue, gossip and colourful artistic rivalry, \u003cem\u003eThe Collector of Lives\u003c\/em\u003e presents a lively introduction to a seminal figure in the very human story of art itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The authors' greatest service to their subject is to reestablish him as a tireless artist and a central witness to an epic period of Italian history.\" -- Michael Prodger - The Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\"... an insightful and gripping new book... Ms Rowland and Mr Charney draw a panoramic view of the art-world during the Renaissance, placing Vasari at the centre... This is an important book and long awaited. The authors have done a commendable job of returning to his rightful place the man who inflated the reputation of art and artists so successfully that he himself was squeezed out of the picture.\" -- The Economist\u003cbr\u003e\"... absorbing... a page-turningly compelling overview of Giorgio Vasari and his age…\" -- Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\"Ingrid Rowland and Noah Charney give full measure to his [Georgio Vasari's] artistic skills (and the diplomatic adroitness he needed to exercise them) and place him again at the centre of 16th-century Italian art.\" -- Michael Prodger, Art Books of the Year 2017 - The Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\"Ingrid Rowland, a prominent scholar of Renaissance art and history, and her fellow writer and historian Noah Charney, wear their erudition lightly in their gracefully written biography.\" -- Deborah Solomon - New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers curious about the making of Renaissance art, its cast of characters and political intrigue, will find much to relish in these pages. This is a lively, highly readable point of entry into an important and fascinating text.\" -- Cammy Brothers - The Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\"[Rowland and Charney's] account of Vasari’s Tuscany, and of the facts (and fictions) that went into his “Lives,” is a fitting tribute to their subject’s biographical achievements.\" -- The New Yorker","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402004111703,"sku":"9780393356366","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393356366.jpg?v=1730479103","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-collector-of-lives-9780393356366","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}